GRAND COTEAU, La (KLFY) – History is being made at Berchmans Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau as they anticipate the arrival of a piece of the school’s namesake.

“The relic of the heart of St. John Berchmans is coming here to Louisiana,” said Father Peter Mangum, Rector of St. John Berchmans Cathedral in Shreveport.

Mangum says the relic is being brought to the school on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the apparition and miracle that took place in the school’s shrine.

“The religious of the sacred heart was very ill and she was dying, and the religious of the sacred heart made a novena to bless John Berchmans for the return of her health and that miracle did occur,” explained Yvonne Sandoz-Adler, Head of Schools of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau.